* help-fns.el (find-lisp-object-file-name): Give special treatment

to all ~/.foo.elc files, not just ~/.emacs.

Fixes: debbugs:9007

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 362567cbe41..cb3f0fcc978 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-02-14  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * help-fns.el (find-lisp-object-file-name): Give special treatment
+        to all ~/.foo.elc files, not just ~/.emacs.  (Bug#9007)
+
 2013-02-14  David Biesack  <sasdjb@d72933.na.sas.com>  (tiny change)
 
         * net/quickurl.el (quickurl-save-urls):
diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
index 178096d1024..bdf86016844 100644
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
@@ -336,11 +336,15 @@ suitable file is found, return nil."
       ;; If we don't have a file-name string by now, we lost.
       nil)
      ;; Now, `file-name' should have become an absolute file name.
-     ;; For files loaded from ~/.emacs.elc, try ~/.emacs.
+     ;; For files loaded from ~/.foo.elc, try ~/.foo.
+     ;; This applies to config files like ~/.emacs,
+     ;; which people sometimes compile.
      ((let (fn)
-        (and (string-equal file-name
-                           (expand-file-name ".emacs.elc" "~"))
-             (file-readable-p (setq fn (expand-file-name ".emacs" "~")))
+        (and (string-match "\\`\\..*\\.elc\\'"
+                           (file-name-nondirectory file-name))
+             (string-equal (file-name-directory file-name)
+                           (file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name "~")))
+             (file-readable-p (setq fn (file-name-sans-extension file-name)))
              fn)))
      ;; When the Elisp source file can be found in the install
      ;; directory, return the name of that file.